Archive

You are viewing the "Kellen Becoats" Archives

When attending a game in Albany, there is one name above others that is considered royalty among the locals: Richardson. Three Richardsons currently grace the halls of Alexander High School — Seth, Leah and Rachel, in order of age — and each of them also has one other thing in common. They love to play… Read More

When No. 3 seed Waterford’s Wyatt Lang put his head down and took his steps toward the basket there was only one place that ball was going: forcefully into the basket as Lang sent the crowd at Meigs High School into hysterics with a thunderous dunk. That wasn’t the only thing Waterford fans had to cheer for… Read More

Through the first eleven games Meigs had felt the thrill of a blowout victory, the rush of a close game and the anxiety of game winning free throws. The only thing they hadn’t experienced is defeat. That all came to an end Friday night with Alexander shutting down the Marauders 80-69. For Alexander team play… Read More

It was Michaela Puckett night Monday in Vinton County, as Puckett led the Lady Vikings to an emotional 71-69 overtime win over Alexander. Puckett scored her 1,000 point, made multiple close plays and basically drove her team to victory in a hotly contest game after the Lady Vikings came out lacking in the first and… Read More

Grind isn’t the word typically used to explain a 44-24 win over a local rival, but nothing about Alexander’s sole game of the week against Athens could be considered pretty basketball. The Lady Spartans (7-1) were coming off a heart-breaking overtime loss to Nelsonville-York — Alexander’s only loss of the season so far — and wanted a win… Read More

Leanna Bachman sat in the circle, watching as the Western Michigan runners load the bases with two outs in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game. Already facing a 6-2 deficit, she watched Marlee Wilson step into the batter’s box and send her pitch past the Firestone Stadium fence for a grand slam. The grand slam… Read More

Going into the bottom of the sixth, No. 8 seed Ohio had been holding its own against No. 1 seed Kent State on Wednesday. The score was tied at 1-1 and the Golden Flashes had runners on first and second with two outs. It looked like the game had potential to go to extras but… Read More

Tight has been the keyword for the Bobcats this season. Tight wins, not so tight losses, a tight, injury-hit lineup and a tight postseason race. Coming into the weekend, it was looking like the Bobcats needed both wins over Akron — who were one place behind them in the MAC East — to grab the… Read More

Game one For the past year now it seems that Ohio has had Ball State’s number. Nothing was more reminiscent of this than junior Amanda Dalton stealing third, a bad throw going in the outfield and Dalton sprinting to home plate with her tongue out, Michael Jordan-style, to score the Bobcats first run. That feeling… Read More

Everything changed in the sixth inning of Sunday’s 10-1 loss to Miami. The RedHawks were up to bat and, with a runner on second, the Miami batter appeared to leave the batter’s box on her hit. The throw to try and reach her at first was high and it scored another run as the RedHawks… Read More